Friday, September 30, 2016




Apple's iPhone 7 Likely to Land in South Korea on October 21 as Samsung's Woes Deepen






Samsung's Note 7 Debacle is beginning to Spiral out of Control in China






Apple products "essential to the modern workforce" - Deloitte

iOS "most secure platform for business"





Taiwan is the biggest market of the three, but Kenya and Russia are both hot areas right now

Apple Pay said to be in testing for Russia, in talks for Taiwan & Kenya




Taiwan's Top Four Banks:




In your face, Intel!

10nm chip foundry process coming to Apple partner TSMC ahead of Intel






Apple Supplier TSMC Developing Smartphone Chips to Power Next Wave of Innovative Features






On the dark side

Sharp to invest $568M in OLED technology in 2018: In talks with Apple over switch to OLED display iPhones







Steve Jobs' Widow Laurene Powell Jobs jumps into Alt-Hollywood production 

President of Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs, takes Minority Stake in 'Anonymous Content' Studio








Apple doubles down on security with cutting edge differential privacy


Inside iOS 10: Apple doubles down on security with cutting edge differential privacy



What an idiot, a dangerous idiot, but still an idiot

Why Trump's trade policies might have killed the iPhone






Apple's latest iPhone 7 ad brings iOS 10 'happy birthday' balloons in Messages to life






FCC votes to upgrade emergency alerts on phones with links & more information






iPhone 7 owners complain about issues with BMW Bluetooth support, Verizon LTE connections







Apple-exclusive enhanced 'Game of Thrones' ebook arrives on iBooks store









Apple apm Hong Kong - Hero Photo






Apple Campus 2 work continues as lights begin turning on (videos)










Look for more over and after the weekend

Unpacking AC2 Progress



Above: Those yellowish wooden crates in front of the Cafe-torium contain the giant panes of glass for the sliding doors of the eatery.
Executive offices flank either side of the cafe-torium and are likely to be the first sections completed along with the cafe-torium itself.

Just the work on these sections alone will require more than the time left in 2016, but it is probably the priority on the ring at this point, along with the garage below where those crates of glass sit.


Above: Those white squares are where trees will be planted above the theater




Apple Campus 2 at sunset



Sunset shots of Apple Campus 2 from the northeast 





Customer rampages through French Apple Store, smashes iPhones, iMacs, MacBook Air


A disgruntled customer, upset at perceived slights by Apple support, has used a steel ball to smash assorted products inside the Dijon, France Apple retail store.


And off he goes with an escort to receive a medal from Margrethe Vestager (look it up)





Apple should double down on Camera's photo/video manipulation controls.

Adobe Lightroom for iOS now supports RAW shooting in iPhone 7, 7 Plus




Photo:




Thursday, September 29, 2016



Apple iPhone 7 orders still exceed supply





Apple makes an uncredited cameo in the Clinton-Trump debate





Staggering 12% of US consumers claim they will buy Apple's Airpods; would be $3B revenue






Apple partners with leading business service provider Deloitte for enterprise IT


Apple continues to move into enterprise information technology, with a new partnership with Deloitte formed to help businesses utilize the iOS ecosystem of hardware, software and services in the workplace.



Apple and Deloitte are joining forces to help employees work the way they live in a mobile world. Sharing information. Accelerating ideas. Connecting people, inventory, supply chains and customers, using the iOS devices they know and love. The leader in mobile experiences and the leader in enterprise digital transformation—coming together to reimagine the way we work.







10 reasons Apple is winning the enterprise 






Tim Cook Schmoozing DC power brokers? 

Senator Hatch Holds Utah Tech Tour this Friday with Apple's CEO







China reports that Apple set to open a new R&D center in Zhongguancun Science Park later this year







Artist's conception of finished buildings

Apple Opening a Stunning New 'Campus' in 2021 in London's Battersea Power Station






Apple Music is #1 in J.D. Power's 2016 Streaming Music Satisfaction Study, Easily Beating Out Spotify






Watch Eddy Cue interview Bruce Springsteen at SoHo Apple Store 







Why AirPods are the best place for Siri, according to Apple legend Bill Atkinson






NYC restauranteur Danny Meyer looks to upend hospitality industry with Apple WATCH







Don't worry, Apple isn't intercepting all your iMessage contacts for Police







Hmmm? 

Apple likely aiming for late October launch of redesigned MacBook Pro






Apple The Fashion Mall at Keystone has no Boardroom 



Below: But it is getting some sort of new structure out on the east end of The Plaza


Below: Construction has begun on what could be a living wall, a planter, a wet bar?


This may have been something planned all along, but in order to open the store on time they postponed it, whatever it is.




MacRumors readers share beautiful depth-of-field photos with iPhone 7 Plus






Apple summons security experts for bug bounty program brief - report






Second man pleads gulity in 'Celebgate' hacks of iCloud & Gmail accounts






iPhone 7 camera test touts excellent exposure, lower noise, and richer colors






Meanwhile, Adobe continues on it's journey to the Dark Side by "partnering" with Microsoft.    

Notice the MS Cloud logo looks like a storm cloud.

Adobe and Microsoft partner in the Azure cloud to help businesses transform customer engagement







Samsung phone sparks house fire in Painesville, OH family warns phone users






Could Samsung devices be the source for cabin fires that have caused mysterious Airliner crashes?

Smoke from overheated Samsung tablet causes plane to make emergency landing








It's not just exploding Samsung tablets and phones...

US regulators warn customers about exploding Samsung washers






Consumer product safety Commission on exploding Samsung Washers






US warns Samsung washing machine owners after explosion reports